The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-06

the government who had Just taken
bis seat. but he cordially welcomed
them 70 the opsn arms aud warm
hearts Of the medical men Of this
whole country, In whose name tLey
we're invited here three years since az d
whose Yepresen ali YES were now here
gathered from the East, the West, the
North, the south, az we'll as from the
rugged mountains ard fert ls valleys
Of the center. He took eat pleasure
In greeting them one and oil "a lead
ing representatives OF profession
whose paramount object Ia the lessen
ing OF human suffering Nay, moro.
With profound reverence he greeted
them as noble brotherhood who, In
tbs practical pursuit OF that one great
object, recognised no distinction OF
country, race or creed, but bonEd up
tina wounds aud sssauged the p aims OF
rich and poor. ruler and ruled, Chris
tian and psgsn, friend and foe alike.
With common obj ,ct, 80 ben. ficient
In Its nature, and opportunities for its
practical pursuit so universal, u was
but natural that they should be found
searching for the most efectusl means
for the accomplishment Of the one OBJ.
ject OF lessenlng human euferipg Ia
every field Of nature and In every dc.
psrtmsnt Of human knowledge. The
time has been when medical stu.
dies embraced little ESQ than the
fare fal theories and arbitrary dogmas
OF few minds, each OF which became
for the time the founder Of O sect or
70 called school OF medicine, with his
disciples more or lees numerous. Bat
with the development OF general and
analytical chemistry Of the several de-
partments oil natural science, OF q
moIe practical knowledge OF physics,
aud the adoption OF inductivs pro-
cesses Of reasoning, the age OF the
oreiical dogmas aud Of medical sscts
blindly following some more plausible
leader passed away, leaving bat an
iLfinitely small shadow yet visible on
the medical horison. So true was this
that Ia casting our mental vision to-
cay over the broad domain Of medi-
cine, we saw It's votaries engaged,
some searching for new facts ana new
materials, some studying new applics.
iions and better uses oil facts aud ma
terlals already known; and 90 re OF
them are in the dead house with mi
crsscope, not emily studying the posi-
ton and rel1tions Of every part from
the various bones and muscles and
smallest leucocyte In health, but also
every deviation caused by morbid
action or disease. Some we're search
Ing the d Ids, the forests, the ear
and the air, both for knowledge con.
corning the causes OF disease and for
additional remedial agents; tome were
In laboratories, with crucl BILE test
Rlsss and microscope, analy sing every
morbid product and every remedial
agent, separating the active agents
from the crude msterislp, and demon
strating their action on living amin ale,
while lar the greater number were at
the bedside oil the sick and wounded
applying the Knowledge gained by all
other workers to the relief Of human
suffering.
II was on the development and diff.
fusion Of knowledge concerning the
local conditisns necessary Tor receiving
and propsgatipg the spec fic infractions
OF diseases that nearly all the impor-
tant sanitary measures OF modern times
have BEEN based. And II was on q
further development q knowledge 10
the same direction, gained by more
systematic, continuous and coincident
investigation, that our rsos would be
most successfully protected from the
pestilences that have hitherto "a alk.d
In darkness aud wasted at MONDAY"
The presiding offlcer proposed vote
OF thanks 10 Pot DAvir, which was
enthusiastically accorded, and then
announced the congress adjourned till
10 O'Clock tomorrow.
There has been bat one case OF
friction 10 the proceedings so far as
has been learned. Some days ago
the committee invited Dr. Francisco
Dursnti, Of Rome, 10 answer In the
name Of Italy 10 the welcoming adj
dress. Later, whom Senior s, mmola
arrived, he claimed az right that he
should make the response represent
log the Government OF Italy. The
committee felt constrained 90 maze
the change, and notified Pri. Du anti.
This gentleman Ia mucn blended and
hss Withdrawn from the congress. He
claims that be, aud not Senior Sem.
mola, IL the representative Of the
Italian Government.